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Villa Alexandra, Estate of the Day

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For your Friday fantasy we are whisking you off to the Terres Basses area of St. Martin in the West French Indies. This four-bedroom villa set amidst lush grounds, has been for rent for rates starting at $3,500 (a week). Of course, for a vacation villa one of the most important areas is the pool. Villa Alexandra has an infinity edge pool overlooking the lagoon that is surrounded by a large terrace with shady and sunny lounging spots. Inside, the decor is classic island villa, high-pitched white ceilings, French doors to let in the afternoon breezes and low maintenance tile floors. The grounds also include a four-story building that has four apartments which can be rented out. It is listed at 2.95 million euros. After the jump, step one, ditch the rental furniture.

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Villa Flor de Cabrera

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Charity

This is interesting, a luxury villa rental in the Dominican Republic is promising to give the profits of the rental to the PONA foundation, a trust that the family members set up to give money to the local community and local charities. The luxury villa was built not just as the headquarters for PONA but with the idea that it could be rented out to make money for the nonprofit foundation. The trust is a perpetual organization where a pool of money is invested, and the profits of the funds are split between reinvestment in the local area and giving to local charities. Through the PONA Trust, the Moller family has purchased an acre in Cabrera with plans to begin building a community school and the vacation rentals of Flor de Cabrera will fund the classes.

The villa has easy access to beach and has a large swimming pool, tropical gardens, a full staff, tennis courts, game room and an exercise room. The villa has a variety of bedroom suites include two master suites (one away from the house and down by the shore). Villa Flor de Cabrera rents for $18,200 per week during the low season not including the mandatory meal plan. Is this just a gimmick or could luxury vacations that fund charities be the wave of the future?

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Falcon's Nest On Peter Island

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

The picture above is of the latest extravagant villa at the Peter Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands. Falcon's Nest is a 20,000 square-foot, six-bedroom private island villa estate located high on the peak of a hill overlooking White Bay Beach. The villa was designed to be a contemporary Caribbean home with luxurious features that include a custom 12-person tiger maple dining table, rain showers with colorful, laser-lit jets, an ocean-view spa room for treatments, six bedroom suites each with a terrace and a bathroom with indoor and outdoor space and an outdoor space that includes a two-tiered pool with a waterfall. The shot above is the two-story great room which does a wonderful job of combining seaside elements (the seashell rug, the clamshell and driftwood objects) with clean and modern style. The villa has nanny quarters and the services of a private porter/chef and a chauffeured vehicle. The villa rents for $8,000 per night during the low season (now through November 16) and rockets up to $13,750 during the winter holidays.

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Villazzo Takes Villas a Step Up

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Many of the people who indulge in rented luxury villas don't always get what they bargained for. You'd think, compared to a hotel, that a villa would be a nicer, better experience -- but most of the time it isn't. So Christian Jagodzinski decided to fix that by starting his own company of luxury villas that would deliver as he expected they should: Villazzo was born.

With most everything pre-arranged, Jagodzinski thinks of Villazzo as more of a hotel-type service than villas. He even makes a point to offer the same services as top hotels, such as porters and maids, strawberries and champagne, and even a helicopter in the France location to help guests avoid pesky traffic when traveling to nearby retreats -- there are 35 specific luxury services offered altogether.

So if you've been frustrated in the past and haven't yet tried Villazzo, maybe you should consider it. There are six locations around the world, with prices around $2000 per night/$14000 per week.

Via BusinessWeek

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Casa de Estrelles, Santa Fe's New Luxury Boutique Hotel

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Travelers to Santa Fe desiring an authentic and luxurious New Mexico experience can now look to Casa de Estrellas. This new boutique hotel located in the heart of the city is designer Jay Payne's vision of high end, low key pampering.

With an emphasis on privacy and service, the Casa de Estrellas, or House of the Stars, offers guests private villas instead of rooms, complete with gourmet kitchens and the availability of a personal chef, butler and host. Originally built in the 1930's, the one and two bedroom villas feature mediterranean inspired, adobe style architecture, filled with ancient antiquities from around the world. The property also boasts a full service salon and spa as well as a wedding garden inspired by the work of Kadee Strickland, star of the TV series Wedding Bells. The one bedroom villas start at $195 per night. For larger parties, the 1,200 square foot Aria Townhouse will soon be available starting at $500 per night.

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Exotic Extravagance, a la Crusoe (sort of)

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Thinking about pulling "A Good Year" of your own? Check out these luxury villas from Rincon Careyes on Mexico's pacific coast – it's like Robinson Crusoe meets Donald Trump in a secluded, tropical fantasy land that prides itself on maintaining the highest standards of extravagance while still giving their residents a sense of intimacy with their exotic surroundings. Their empty lots start at $475k, but be sure to check out the 3-acre private lot "La Playa"; with multiple, interconnected dwelling units (many open-air), this $6m property certainly threatens to rip you out of your 80 hr/week Wall Street gig. It's more fun to climb palm trees than corporate ladders anyway, right?

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Rod Stewart's New French Getaway

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Rod Stewart and finacée Penny Lancaster have ended a four-year search for the perfect house (in addition to Stewarts properties in Beverly Hills, Essex and Palm Beach), buying a £3.3 million ($6.3 million) estate in a village near Nice, France. The house is set on about an acre in the hills over Nice, looking out towards the coast with "stunning views", and has four bedrooms, a nursery, a swimming pool and spa, indoor gym and a theater. Rod and Penny plan to be married there later this year.

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Capri Castle, Estate of the Day

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Perched on a rocky cliff with a view over the ocean, it's easy to see why the Roman emperor Tiberius chose this spot for one of his famous 12 villas on Capri. This island with its rocky cliffs and oceans views has seduced everyone from emperors to Gore Vidal. This villa has seven bedrooms, two kitchens and a large living room area. The home has a pool and helicopter access and private road access. It is selling for 30 million euros. After the jump, from here you can see forever...

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